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Is there a flag within com.apple.loginwindow or somewhere else where I can force the network dropdown list above username and password to appear (even without WiFi being on or an ethernet device being ...

We were experiencing issues with opendirectoryd using too much cpu, so I unloaded it to test. Now the computer shows no users, just other... None of the logins will work. Tried going into single user ...

I am using OS X Yosemite. I am seeing 2 accounts on my login screen. One is my account and the other has the name "Other". What account is that? When I click on it, there is no username. When I try to ...

I made the mistake of making two accounts- admin account and standard account after upgrading to Yosemite beta 10.10.1.
(The reason? I read that it would be "preferable" to set this up because of the ...

My wife was on one of her Facebook accounts on the Facebook app on my iPad one day. And when she went to log out, instead of the normal login screen, it now says Logged in as Xxx Yyyy with Xxx Yyyy ...

In Mountain Lion, my full name is displayed at the bottom of the log in menu. As I want to sell my computer, I was wondering if there is a way to hide this? (it's the only place that you can see it as ...

I have several users setup on my mac and I'd like to re-order how they are shown on the login screen. You know: the circles that are shown on starting up/logging out.
I looked at Preferences/Settings ...

As a old-school Unix junkie I don't like being forced to use a mouse when a simple keyboard shortcut would do. Today I found myself needing to login to an OSX machine just to launch an app, but the ...

In Mavericks it is possible to to show a custom message on the logon/lock screen.
This can be done via "Preferences" -> "Security" -> "Show a message when the screen is locked".
Now I'm wondering if ...

I want my users to be able to login to their computers (which are Macs) using RFID or Magnetic Stripe. Can anyone recommend a way to implement this?
They all run Mavericks or Yosemite, and it doesn't ...

I know this is similar to another post here but it went unanswered.
Previous Thread
I have a Late 2010 13" Macbook Air with Mavericks installed since launch.
I was trying to use an external monitor ...

i want to test something on mac os x (Open VPN) and because i do n't have this os in my local machine i decided to install it on my dedicated server.
so i created a virtual machine on vmware sphere ...

No matter what settings I apply within System Preferences, after a time of inactivity the login screen pops up. I'm attempting to backup to an external hard drive and create a time machine backup, but ...

After restarting my computer when I am presented with the initial login screen (the light gray one with the restart and shut down buttons), I see only two of my three user accounts.
If I log in with ...

If a keyboard becomes non functional, and a replacement is not readily available, or you may wish to login remotely to your Mac from another location perhaps:
What options exist (if any) to login to ...

I'm trying to remove the "Sleep" button from the login window on some of my Mac's to prevent inadvertently disabling access to the remote server.
How to disable the sleep button from Mac OS X login ...

I work support and mainly work with PCs so my mac experience is limited. Right now one of the mac laptops we support is not utilizing the wifi at the user login screen and displaying "Network accounts ...

The problem
I upgraded my macpro recently from OS X 10.6 to 10.8. Now (couple of weeks later) I ran an small update for OS X 10.8, and something not so funny happened.
The updater asked me to reboot ...

I have enabled the login window so that the username and password must be entered to login to an account. However, when I switch out of my user and type >console into the username field, the screen ...

I've successfully changed the background image for OS X login screen, but cannot do it for the FileVault login screen. This makes sense as the contents of the disk are still encrypted at that point ...

I have to manage a shared OSX workstation that is used by a rotating cast of characters throughout the year. The login screen quickly becomes cumbersome when users that aren't even around for a while ...

Whenever my rMBP wakes up from sleep, it shows a log in page with my user name. The page has a metallic gray background. After I enter my password, another page opens up with my wallpaper along with ...

I want to change the login screen background in Lion, but I can't seem to figure out how. I've followed instructions for changing it, but even after restarting, the changes don't show up. I've also ...

With auto logout enabled, I experience severe display errors at the login screen. These errors do not occur at the login screen right after boot. They appear only when the auto logout is triggered.
I ...